I'm really worried about my friend Friedrich, until today I haven't heard anything from him for the last few weeks. I decided to message him and ask if anything is wrong, and he responded with some weird messages. Now I'm even more concerned! I screenshotted the messages for you to see (I also included a text-only version).
Me on Fri, 09/09/2016 18:15:
I noticed you haven't been online for a few weeks. Is everything OK?
I/MFree on Fri, 09/09/2016 18:18:
CEPZH WJAIE APU
Me on Fri, 09/09/2016 18:24:
What the hell are you saying? What happened?
I/MFree on Fri, 09/09/2016 18:27:
CQJXK URREC EOEDK JCPNS TGOTP TPRNF YFBQV CV
Me on Fri, 09/09/2016 18:32:
You're really freaking me out now... Please just answer normally! Where are you?
I/MFree on Fri, 09/09/2016 18:39:
VUFAI ILSZP IYGWV FZHAQ EXPZH GBHEH CGJKN IJFOY KPZTR EUDKJ KCFOZ FYQRC IKUZN ATETJ NAEQL XJLKR J
Some additional clarifications/info:
- The dates are in the format
dd/mm/yyyy
. - The time is in the format
hh:mm
. - He, for some reason, changed his username to
I/MFree
. - I'll update if anything worth mentioning happens, assuming someone didn't solve it by then.
Update #1
He just sent me a new message! It seems to be independent from the others, since he only responded when I sent something before. Maybe it's not even encrypted!
I/MFree on Sat, 10/09/2016 10:12:
WP-WP-WP RS-RS-RS R-WO-WO-WO
Update #2
I just sent him a message on
Sat, 10/09/2016 20:37
, but he never responded back... Weird... Before he always responded to every message! And considering where he comes from, he shouldn't be asleep so early!
Update #3
What does the fact that he is not named "Frederick" but "Friedrich" most likely say about him?
Update #4 (two seperate hints)
The spaces in the message of Update #1 may be more important seperators than you think.
Enigma models
What is he trying to say, what happened to him and where is he?
I/MFree
? (E.g., did you learn it through some other communication, which you aren't showing us? Was it in the metadata of the conversation, but you omitted it from the transcript for (un)clarity purposes?) (2) Are you using the [visual] tag just because you include a decorative image in your question, or do we need to look at the image to solve the puzzle? $\endgroup$I/MFree
(2) I'm using it only for decoration, since the tag-description doesn't specify it is necessary to look at the image: "A puzzle that incorporates a visual component like pictures, diagrams, drawings, etc. Do not use this tag for puzzles that discuss geometric objects without displaying them. " $\endgroup$